Metallic tie and rail-fastener.



J. J. McGUIRL.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL PASTENBR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29 1911.

Patented Aug. 29, 191i. J0

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A TTORNE 1'16.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN JOSEPH MOGUIRL, OF MONACA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO MIKE HAPACH, OF COLONA, PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC TIE AND RAIL-FASTENER.

1,002,070. Specification f Lettelflment- Patented. Aug. 29, 1911.

Application filed May 29 1911. Serial No. 629,989.

To all 107mm it may concern: lateral flanges 3 are located at the lower V Be it lmovvn. that. 1, Julia {hisnrn Mo; edges 01" the side walls 2, and these flanges,

(mine, a citizen of the United States o't together with the lowcr.edges of the side America, residing at Monaca, in the county walls 2 are cut away, as at 4 to accommodate of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have tansverse tie plates 5 adapted to assist-in 6O finvenled certain new and useful Improve supporting the tie directlv beneath the rails mcnts in Metallic Ties and Rail-Fasteners, mounted thereon. The tie plates 5 snuglv oi which the following is a specification, lit the walls of the cut away mrtions of oil reference being. had therein to the arrow flanges in the side walls. ll desired how-- .1. partying drawing. over, the plates 5 can he secured in position 6 This invention relates to metallic ties and by any suitable int-ens other than that as rail fasteners, and the objects of my invcnstated. The plates 5 cotlperate with the tion, are to provide a light and durable cross flanges :3 to prevent the tie from sinking to tie at a minimum cost, and to provide a, tie a great depth in the ballast. of the roadlled,

" having the requisite amount of elasticity to and when the ballast of the roadhed engages prevent injury to rolling stock passing over the plate 5 between the walls 3, said plates the same. prevent creeping or shifting of the tie upon Other objects of my invention are to pro the roadhed. videa tie having a bearing surface possess The top plate 1. intermediate the ends ing the necessary area. for the adequate supthereof is provided with a rectangular open port of rails, and to provide a. tie that can be ing 6 adjacent. to each end with a. longieasily and quickly installed and tamped in a tudinal slot '7, the outer end of each slot beroadhed by unskilled labor. ing enlarged to provide an opening 8, for Further objects of my invention are to a purpose-that will presently appear. ZJ furnish a metallic tie with a fastener that Mounted upon. the top plate 1. over the can be readily adjusted to compensate .for inner ends of the slot '7 are the base flanges wear, and to provide a. Jtastener that will 9 of rails 10. l lngaging the inner sides of prevent lateral and vertical. displacement the rails 10 are inner fasteners, comprising and preserve the proper alincment and gage splice bars 1] having the lateral flanges 1.52

of the rails of a track. thereof provided with depending arms 13 Still further objects of mv invention are and these arms have the lower ends thereof to obviate the necessity of using bolts and provided with lateral extensions 14 in a nuts for connecting" splice bars or fasteners plane parallel with the top plate 1. The

to rails, and to provide a rail. fastener that is arms 13 are provided With openings 15 havlfi durable and highly efficient for the urposcs inn the outer ends thereof enlarged and for which it is intended. 'scrow threaded, asat. 16 to receive the outer ll attain the above olijects by a u'wchanicul ends of tubes 17. The inner ends of the construction that will he hereinafter spctubes are closed by'washers l8 and arranged cifically described and then claimed, and longitudinally of said tubes are ,tie rods 19.

i3 reference will now he had to the drawing. The inner ends of the tie rods 19 are screw wherein threaded and have free movement in the l igure 1 is a side elevation of a tie in ac- Washers 1 8, and screwed into the ends of cm'dfincc with this invention. partly broken the turnbuckle 20. The turnbuckle 20 is away and part1 in section, Fig. 2 is a plan hollow, as at 21 to provide clearance for the l ot the same, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of inner endsof the tie rods, and centrally of a detached outer rail fastener. and Fig. i is the turnbuckle, the periphery thereof is pro-v a cross sectional view of a turnlmcllle adaptvided 'with teeth 22, these teeth being cli- "ed toformpart of the, fastcui-tr, slmwing a rectly beneath the openings 6 ofthe top wrench or instrument.- for operating the plate 1.

it; sa'mc. v Adapted to brace the outer sides ml: the 05 A tie in accordance with this invention rails 10 are outer fasteners, comprlslng comprises an inverted channel-shaped bar splice bars 23 having the laterel flanges 24 .lmvinga top late 1, side wa1ls'2 and lateral thereof provided with depending arms 25 flan es 3, sai" bar corresponding in length similar to the arms 13. The arms 25 have to t e presenttype of wooden tie. The. longitudinal openings 26 fund transverse the extensions 14 -the outer ends thereof provided with recopeningsv 27. Heads 28 are arranged in the openings 27 and adapted to extend through said heads and the openings 26 are the outer ends of the tie rods 19. The heads 28 are secured to the outer ends of the tie rods,l9 by pins or other fastening means 29. The lower ends of the arms have lateral extensions 30 provided with longitudinal openings 31', which are screw threaded for longitudinal bolts 32, said bolts having the threaded inner ends thereof bearing against of the inner fasteners and tangular heads 33.

- A suitable instrument can be employed for adjusting the turnbuckle, and a conventional formof instrument-is shown in Figs. 1 and 4, wherein a yoke 34 has bifurcated arms 35 adapted to rest upon the turnbuckle 7 justing instrument.

20 at the sides or ends of the teeth 22. In the yoke 34 is fixed by a pin 36 or other fastening means an operating lover or arm 37. This lever extends throu h the yoke and has the lower end thereof bif urcated, as at 38 for a pivoted pawl 39 adapted to engagethe teeth 22 of the turnbuckle and rotate said buckle in a desired direction when the operating The'openings 6 prowould have it understood that invention is not limited to this particularltypefof ad- In assembling-the parts of the rail fas. toner, the'inner fasteners. are first placed in position through the medium, of the. slots- 7 and the openings 8. The parts of the turn buckle are then assembledand-connected to the inner fastener, and then therails l0 are p v The outer fasteners are then placed in position and connected to the outer. ends ,of the tie rods'1-9.

operating vlever 37, the, rotated to draw inwardly upon the tie rods 19 and this movement of't he tie rods binds the inner fasteners in the inner ends ofthe slots 7, the "10 against Ithe'inner fastenerJ- and the" outer. fasteners against rails. The rails will be firmly held. and anchored 'upon'the tie. The screws figgarenemployed to assist disassernhlin therailgespecially should one of the 19'break'ata 'point adjacent to the turnbuckle" hy;.; jere wing inwardly Thescrews 32 can then beij'pla'ced in position from the ends .of the tier.- By oscillating the turnbuckle can be uponthe teeth 22, the outer fastener will be forced outwardly relatively to the inner fastener and can be easily removed. It is obvious that the other parts of the fastener can be readily disassembled.

The lwashers 18 are the ends of the-turnbuckle from movlng or wearing on the inner ends of the tubes 17 when the turnbuckle is rotated, and the tubes 17 prevent the tie rods from being injured or interfered with by the ballast of a 'roadbed. v a

What I claim is v p 1.- In a metallic tie and rail fastener, an inverted channel-shaped bar adapted to support rails, said bar having the top plate thereof provided with openings, inner and outer fasteners bracing the sides of said rails and extending into said tie, tubes carried by the inner fasteners within said tie, tie rods extending through said tubes and having the outer ends thereof anchored in the outer rail-fasteners, a turnbuckle connecting the inner ends of point beneath one of the openings. of said tie, and means including screws carried by the outer rail fasteners adapted to facilitate the disassemblin' of said rail fasteners.

2. In a metallic tie and inverted channel-shaped bar-having the top plate thereof inner splice bars adapted to engage the'inner-sides of the rails and having depending arms extending through some ofthe'openings of said tie, tubes carried by the arms of said' inner splice bars, outer splice bars adapted to engage the outer sides of the rails and having depending arms extending into said tie, tie rods arranged longitudinally of said tubes in the arms of the outer-splice bars, .a turnbuckle connecting the inner ends of said tie JOHN JOSE H 'MoGUIRL.

Witnesses: I ALoNzo S. Ba'ronanon,

M. A. HECKMAN.

adapted to prevent said tie rods at a rods at a point below the other openings of railfastener, an

, s5 providedwith openings and adapted to support rails,

and having the outer ends thereof anchored bars, and fa'cili- 

